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Definition of Pianissimos
1. pianissimo [n] - See also: pianissimo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pianissimos
Literary usage of Pianissimos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"pianissimos. HW Greene. Musician. 1«: 171. Miller. Musician. 14: 76, 124. F.-Mr.
'OS. Old and new in vocal art. F: S. Law. Musician. 14: 403-4. S. '09. ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1877)
"The effect of this latter, especially in the exquisite pianissimos, was quite
thrilling, except for one easily remediable fault, the occasional omission of ..."
3. Beethoven and His Forerunners by Daniel Gregory Mason (1904)
"In one of Beethoven' s breathless pianissimos, the subject is given by the second
violins on their G-strings, the first violins meanwhile embroidering in an ..."
4. Essentials in Conducting by Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1919)
"... of the auditoriums in which they were conducting, and have made their pianissimos
so soft that nothing at all could be heard in the back of the room. ..."
5. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1906)
"... and by strong accents as coupled with immediate this alone doubles the player's
pleasures; but pianissimos, producing a dramatic effect for that it also ..."
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